Home Broadband deals in York
Good news for York residents. Almost every home in the area has access to a decent fibre service and almost 90% of properties can sign up to ultrafast broadband deals with download speeds of 1Gb+.
As well as good coverage from Virgin Media, extensive CityFibre rollouts in the area have provided options for faster deals.
Free Wi-Fi in York
Thanks to CityConnect, there's a free Wi-Fi service in York. This is available to anyone who lives, visits or works in the area. It's completely free to use, and gives internet access to any phone, tablet or wireless device.
To get free Wi-Fi access you need to log into CityConnect through social media, or by completing an online registration form.
Finding the best home broadband deals in York
To find the best broadband deal in York, it's important to check what providers and deals are available at your home address. You can do this using Broadband Genie's deals checker.
Alternatively, we have pages if you want to browse specific broadband packages. For example, you might want to view only unlimited broadband deals, broadband-only, fibre or fast broadband. We have helpful guides for all these options.
Comparing mobile broadband in York
York generally has excellent 4G and 5G coverage on EE, Three, O2, and Vodafone in both the centre of the city and outlying areas such as Haxby, Stockton on the Forest, Dunnington, Bishopthorpe, and Skelton. All networks report that indoor coverage should be accessible to the outskirts, but may perhaps be limited to outdoors elsewhere.
York also has an ever-growing 5G network, with O2 and Three offering the best coverage in the area.
However, connectivity may be patchy outside of central areas.
For more information about mobile coverage, you can read our guide to mobile broadband availability. To check coverage for yourself, access the network signal tools by clicking the logos below:
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Where we get our information
We strive to keep our local broadband information as up-to-date as possible. This means using trustworthy sources with regular checks. The information on this page comes from the following:
- Local broadband speed information: labs.thinkbroadband.com/local
- Mobile broadband coverage (1): nperf.com
- Mobile broadband coverage (2): checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/mobile-coverage